First, the crime capped a year of increased violence at CambridgeSide, including fistfights, assaults and robberies--including a robbery that happened earlier that Christmas Eve. Two different gang-related brawls at the mall a year ago led to the arrest of a dozen Boston youths.
Too often, police say, the youths involved in the CambridgeSide incidents are members of Boston gangs. Therein lies the second problem.
Much of Cambridge's violent crime, while it is in Cambridge, is not of Cambridge. That is, the perpetrators--and occasionally the victims--aren't residents of the city.
"If you look at the booking sheets and where they come from, it's outside the city," Pasquarello says.
In fact, at the Galleria, three of every four juvenile arrests is a Boston youth, police say. Citywide, 60 percent of those arrested are not of Cambridge.
Part of the reason is the youth early-intervention programs already in place in Cambridge.
Cambridge runs five youth centers, scattered throughout the city.
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